Throughout LACUNA COIL‘s live performance at Metalfest in Plzeň, Czech Republic on Friday (June 6),Sharon Den Adel of WITHIN TEMPTATION and Simone Simons of EPICA got here on stage to shock their colleague and good friend Cristina Scabbia for her 53rd birthday by presenting her with a birthday cake. In addition they led the viewers in a spirited “Glad Birthday” sing-along to mark the LACUNA COIL frontwoman’s newest journey across the solar. Video of their look may be seen beneath.
Earlier this 12 months, Scabbia was requested by Belgian Jasper how she initially felt about being featured on the duvet of the February 2006 subject of Revolver the place she was additionally included within the journal’s “The Hottest Chicks In Steel” article. She mentioned: “The factor is that I by no means noticed the malice in it. I at all times thought that it is truly a really highly effective factor for a girl to be female. I really like girls energy. I like to be empowered by who I’m, and I do not wish to conceal myself as a result of I am a girl and if I present my legs meaning I am value much less. That is not my downside. So once I truly went on that cowl of Revolver journal, as a result of I used to be the very first girl to to really seem on that cowl, for me, it was simply the most important honor as a result of it was the primary time {that a} journal, an American journal, would give a girl the pleasure of being on a canopy. So for me, it was one thing that blew my thoughts again then.”
Cristina continued: “I used to be simply pleased if extra girls might come on board of this women-fronted, the female-fronted band [movement], stuff like that, even when that is a definition that I by no means preferred. Perhaps as a result of I used to be coming from a unique world earlier than LACUNA COIL — I used to be listening to plenty of dance and R&B music, so, for me, it was already regular to see girls taking part in music and singing. It was nothing new. Steel was predominantly adopted by guys as a result of it was a extra aggressive and heavy sound, however I by no means checked out myself because the completely different aspect or I’m completely different or I am value much less as a result of I am a girl. So it was by no means my private downside. It’s true that notion of individuals — it’s a must to take care of it. It’s a must to count on a response. Every little thing you do, every thing you say, it’s a must to count on a response. And I might by no means go over the road, displaying myself, however that is as a result of I do not wish to do it. However I do not care about what different individuals wish to do, different girls wish to do with their physique — it is as much as them, and I am not going to evaluate them, however for certain it’s a must to put together to a response as quickly as you do one thing. It is discouraging that they solely see the look of it, however I am additionally certain that each girl included in these Revolver journal ‘Hottest Chicks In Steel’ have been proficient as effectively. So no less than we acquired consideration again then. And I imply, it occurred to women as effectively to have a look at a singer as a result of he was sizzling or thought-about horny a singer. So no matter. If you should use it as a device to get consideration and also you’re okay with it, so long as it is your choice, you are able to do no matter you need.”
Two years in the past, Cristina was requested as a part of Jonathan Montenegro‘s “My 3 Questions To” sequence if she believes that ladies are being taken extra critically within the metallic scene than they have been three a long time in the past when her band was first shaped. She responded: “Do I really feel that issues modified? Completely, sure. After I began, there weren’t so many bands with a feminine within the lineup. Steel was nonetheless a no-no for females, as a result of it was a really male-dominated scene. Which it nonetheless is, however in fact there are lots of extra bands with a feminine within the lineup, which makes me pleased despite the fact that we’re nonetheless seen otherwise. I do not suppose that it’s going to ever occur that we’re going to be seen equally, and partially it’s okay like this as a result of we’re completely different. I believe that we’re form of a unique world.
“What I do not like about being a feminine in a male-dominated world is the truth that fairly often we’re judged by our appears, which I get it; many guys get the identical,” she continued. “However for girls, it is type of like… For example for the fellows, if they’ve the look, it is a plus. For girls, if they’ve the look, it is a plus when it comes to media consideration; it is a plus when it comes to — I do not know — individuals drooling with you; however it does not essentially add as much as the potential you have already got. And that may be a disgrace, as a result of individuals shouldn’t be judged by their appears. I perceive that the look is very first thing that you just see, however it is going to cool if it is going to be potential to transcend that, particularly in music, the place the instrument you play, the voice you are pushing out of your physique and the emotions you are making an attempt to convey together with your music are crucial issues.”
LACUNA COIL‘s newest album, “Sleepless Empire”, was launched in February by way of Century Media Information.
Final October, Italian guitarist/producer Daniele Salomone confirmed that he has joined LACUNA COIL because the alternative for the band’s longtime guitarist Diego Cavallotti.
Salomone made his reside debut with LACUNA COIL on August 4, 2024 on the Rockstadt Excessive Fest in Râșnov, Romania.
In June 2024, LACUNA COIL introduced Cavallotti‘s departure. Diego, who joined LACUNA COIL in 2016, initially as a fill-in guitarist following the exit of Marco “Maus” Biazzi, later mentioned in a social media publish that “this choice will not be the results of my dissatisfaction or want to discover new alternatives.”
Cavallotti and Salomone performed collectively within the Italian metallic band INVERNO, which launched its debut album, “Stasis”, in December 2023.
